Network Analysis of Social Changes in a Captive Chimpanzee Community Following the Successful Integration of Two Adult Groups

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-266

  Schel, Anne Marijke ^a   Rawlings, Bruce ^a   Claidière, Nicolas ^b   Wilke, Claudia ^a   Wathan, Jen ^a   Richardson, Jo ^c   Pearson, Sophie ^c   S Herrelko, Elizabeth ^c,d   Whiten, Andrew ^b   Slocombe, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Integration; Social network analysis; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZOO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PAN;

EID: 84872601155     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22101     Document Type: Article

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